Ashford & Simpson - High Rise (1983) (vinyl Lp) - €10,00

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Ashford & Simpson had come close to exhausting their creative quotient by the mid-'80s. 

Simpson still sang effectively, and Ashford harmonized and contrasted her nicely, but they'd stated and restated both their own situations and any variations on it four albums before. 

As a result, the feeling that you've heard it all once too often permeates this album. 

Not that their fans wouldn't want to listen once more, nor that what they had to say wasn't at times compelling; it's just that it no longer was special.

High-Rise is a studio album by American vocal duo Ashford & Simpson, released in 1983 on Capitol Records. It was their second album for Capitol.

This album from 1983 is Ashford and Simpson perfection. A perfect mix of uptempo tracks with some glorious ballads. The title track HIGH RISE is a sublime dance trace with an irresistible beat and of course the glorious harmonies of our married duo. They seem to be having so much fun.

The album peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard R&B albums chart and No. 84 on the Billboard top albums chart. Three singles were released. 

The album's title track peaked at No. 17 on the Hot Black Singles chart, "It's Much Deeper" and "I'm Not That Tough" charted 45 and 78 respectively on the Hot Black Singles chart.

Side one

1.  High-Rise - 5:35  

2.  Side Effect - 4:07  

3.  Experience (Love Had No Face) - 4:38  

4.  It’s A Rush - 5:06  

Side two

1.  My Kinda Pick Me Up - 3:09  

2.  I’m Not That Tough - 4:34  

3.  It’s Much Deeper - 6:30  

4. Still Such A Thing - 5:13 

Personnel

• Nickolas Ashford – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm and vocal arrangements
• Valerie Simpson – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, rhythm and vocal arrangements
• Ray Chew – Yamaha electric piano, vibraphone solo, Oberheim OB-X, Fender Rhodes, horns, strings; horn, rhythm and string arrangements
• Peter Cannarozzi – synthesizers, synth bass line
• Ed Walsh – synthesizers 
• Sid McGinnis – guitars, side effects, guitar solo 
• Francisco Centeno – bass
• Yogi Horton – drums 
• Steve Gadd – drums 
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion 
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion 
• George Young – horns, horn solo 
• Leon Pendarvis – horns, strings, horn and string arrangements
• Paul Riser – horns, strings, horn and string arrangements
• Sephra Herman – horns
• Alfred Brown – strings
• Vivian Cherry – backing vocals 
• Ullanda McCullough – backing vocals 

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns, Rhythm, Strings] – Ray Chew
• Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – Leon Pendarvis, Paul Riser
• Bass – Francisco Centeno
• Engineer [Assistant] – John Terelle, Ted Blechta
• Horns – Sephra Herman
• Mastered By – Herb Powers, Tom Coyne
• Mastered By, Mixed By – Jimmy Simpson
• Mixed By – John Potoker
• Mixed By, Recorded By – Alan Varner
• Piano [Acoustic] – Valerie Simpson
• Producer, Arranged By [Rhythm, Vocals], Backing Vocals, Written-by – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
• Strings – Al Brown
• Technician [Assistant] – David Chenkin

Notes

Release:  1983

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Soul

Label:  Capitol

Catalog#  1A 064-7122821

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00